Nice Point Podcast
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The tennis podcast for those who've never watched a match. This sport has teenagers and icons and travels strictly to the most idyllic international destinations. It involves money, psychology, celebrity, and meteorology. It's got Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka, and Emma Raducanu. (It is the BEST women's sport.) On Nice Point we hang out and talk histories, narratives, and gossip. We pick favorites and heels. We make informed predictions and bad bets. Pop in some earbuds and hang out with us. We bet you'll start now.
Episodes Mondays from the Australian Open through the US Open,
Episodes Mondays from the Australian Open through the US Open,
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0:00 - Celebrity Roundup! Who is your favorite New Jersey classic rocker?7:24 - Men's US Open Week 2 & Final Recap feat. Prognostications on when the calendar will change months from Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner23:45 - Women's US Open Week 2 & Final Recap feat. Tall boys w/ our new WTA entourage: Sabalenka, Anisimova, Osaka, and more35:00 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Does pink/purple go well with hardass prison cut? & What's the difference between a cold one different than a stiff one?
Second to last episode of Nice Point Season 3
1:54 - Warm Up Rally feat. Draper in Vuori and Djokovic in Pinstripes15:56 - Mixed Doubles Review feat. Moonlighting Superstars vs. Irrelevant Professionals25:30 - US Open Nice Point Pentazone feat. Sinner derailed from a first-ever Pentazone Sweep by His Translucent Skin in the Cincinnati Sun41:03 - US Open Women's Week 1 Preview feat. Potential R2 Battle of Big Girls58:58 - US Open Men's Week 1 Preview feat. Host Money of Different Sides of Khachanov and Rublev1:19:46 - US Open Nice Point Picks
0:00 - Getting to know absolute tennis nut Max Arnold who grew up at Wimbledon, loves Dan Evans, and has positive feelings about ASICS shoes30:15 - Results from US Open Lead Up 1000 Tournaments feat. Miserable Naomi Osaka, Rando Frenchman Terence Atmane, and Baby-Shushing Emma Raducanu
Joe & Joe celebrate Summer Break - specifically, the one week in the tennis season with no tournaments above the 250 level, during which star players gallivant with their gallivant with their equally-famous-and-beautiful romantic partners (Trinity Rodman, Natalia Zabiiako), sit front row at palaces of popular culture (Cowboy Carter, New York Liberty), and maybe even drink beer (Tommy Paul you're not allowed to play Boom with water bro) - prior to the final hardcourt stretch culminating in the US Open
0:00 - Men's Final Reactions feat. The Sinner-Alcaraz Dynamic for The Foreseeable Future + Matthew McConaughey9:55 - Women's Final Reactions feat. Rosemary Olive Oil & Sabalenka Chief of Etiquette Police25:50 - Ad Break / Washington Post Clapback on Behalf of Johnny Mac!40:00 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Darren "Killer" Cahill, Brits Galore, and Sonay "Doll" Kartal
This freewheeling, 90+ degree episode includes references to Nico Jarry's nasal strip, Ben Shelton's future Father-in-Law Dennis Rodman, both Olivia Rodrigo and Real Madrid, Nick Kyrgios' future tell-all, the nuts on Aryna Sabalenka, the antics of Laura Siegemund, and the future all-time biggest server in tennis: Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard
0:00 - Intro & Warm Up Rally feat. Our mate from North of London12:58 - Gentlemen's & Ladies Pentazone feat. Carlosumpremacy Alcaraz 22:50 - Gentlemen's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. The U.K.s Key Colonial-Era Property, Scotland44:48 - Ladies Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Decision Disarray & More Pod Love for Czechia
2:28 - Warm Up Rally feat. F*ck/Marry/Kill Andrea Bocelli, Stephen Malkmus, and Ben Shelton13:44 - Discussion of the Sellout of the U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Draw29:49 - Grass Tournament Results feat. Random German Cities and Taylor Fritz / BOSS Triumph37:16 - The Countries Challenge feat. Vladimir Putin, Injured Babes, and $100 on the board
0:26 - Men's Final Reactions feat. One of the Greatest All Time Tennis Matches26:07 - Women's Final Reactions feat. Spike Lee, Tyler The Creator, and Coco GauffInterlude: TNT's Journey of the Self in Paris50:14 - French Open Week 2 Roundtable feat. Lorenzo Musetti, Lois Boisson, and Ben Shelton01:01:18 - Nice Awards Ceremony feat. Nike All-In On 2000s Campus Jock Looks
0:31 - Men's French Open Week 1 feat. Matthew McConaughey, a Shelton/Alcaraz Masterclass in Class, and the best shots of the tournament so far25:20 - Women's French Open Week 1 feat. Hailey Baptiste!, among others37:02 - French Open Viewing Experience on TNT (as well as TruTV and Max)45:05 - Women's Week 2 Preview feat. Iga Swiatek vs. The Field51:51 - Men's Week 2 Preview feat. Our Dream Finals for Sunday afternoon 6/8/25
0:00 - Memorial Day Catchup on American & More Contenders Live From "The Mac Zone:15:29 - Men's & Women's Pentazone feat. Joe H. more confident than ever in Men's / completely disregarding The Queen of Clay24:34 - Women's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Foxy Superstars Paula Badosa & Daria Kasatkina33:57 - Men's Week 1 Matchups, Bets, & Pick feat. Paula Badosa's Boyfriend
Jen & Jane join Joe & Joe to talk raising podcasters in the Midwest
Last Spring, movie theaters welcomed Tashi Duncan, Art Donaldson, and Patrick Zweig into their hallowed, historic halls. In the remainder of 2024, a better movie was not released than Challengers. But of course, in our twisted sicko times, the film was not showered with trophies come award season and remains underseen. So here we are re-sharing two hours of our spirited conversation about this straight ball banger of a movie - the definitive greatest tennis movie.
This episode, recorded on the open road and edited from a redeye cross country flight, captures a conversation with Tennis Coach Jeff Harst; Discussed: What Separates Players, Intersection of Game Logistics and Culture, & Irrigation
0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Joe Hallman Monte Carlo Roll-up Fits9:38 - Joe vs. Joe Ranking Challenge Game! What player will climb the farthest in five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand & six hundred minutes?44:14 - Tight Five on Monte Carlo Masters 2025 (Congrats to Carlos Alcaraz; WTFYD Zverev)
0:00 - Warm Up Rally feat. Sabalenka on Societal Tussles, Shelton on Contact Sports, & The Heartland Beyond!18:40 - Michael Costello's Tennis Tales from Cleveland, Atlanta, & Charleston + A Look at Houston Results (Congrats to Baylor's Jenson Brooksby)48:41 - The Joint Nice Point State of the Union Address: We elaborate on which Americans can win a Slam (Since Serena we've had four women each win one - Sloane Stephens, Sofia Kenin, Coco Gauff, and Madison Keys to kick off the 2025 season; No man has won since 2003)BONUS - Who is the ATP equivalent of "The Latvian Hammer" Jelena Ostapenko?
0:00 - Cold Open & Warm Up Rally5:45 - 2025 Miami Open feat. Andreeva/Anisimova Controversy and The Capital of Latin America17:18 - Nice Point Podcast Welcomes Lawyer & Golf Aficionado Andy Meinert; This conversation covers fandom and revenue opportunities in both of these niche, solo sports, Saudi Arabia's LIV, the success of the inaugural season of TGL, social media and sponsorships, the tyranny of one's ranking, and culminates in a discussion about the major lawsuit brought by the Djokovic-led PTPA against the ATP, WTA, "et. al."
0:00 - Cold Open / Ad Break1:15 - Updates to WTA Maternity Benefits & First MLTBHACO Nominee Belinda Bencic6:08 - Nice Point Podcast Hands Out the Nice Look Award, Nice Match Award, and Most Likely To Be Having A Cold One Award
0:00 - Cold Open0:55 - Net Intros, Warm Up Rally, and What It's Like at Indian Wells w/ My Brother's Girlfriend & California's Captain Caitie36:51 - BNP Paribas 2025 Women's Recap feat. The Mental Fortitude of a Teenage Girl51:44 - BNP Paribas 2025 Men's Recap feat. A Debate About Rune's Rizz
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